“It was so overwhelming for me because she deserves that, she deserves nothing but the best in life because she gives nothing but the best to the people that she comes across,” friend Kimmy Crane-Allen said.

“Right now, I feel complete. I feel like that princess,” said Patterson.

Barriers broken, a moment years in the making.

“Be you! Life is too short, you just have to embrace who you are,” she said.